Wiwaxia

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title: Wiwaxia
text: Wiwaxia is a genus of soft-bodied animals that were covered in carbonaceous scales and spines that protected it from predators. Wiwaxia fossils—mainly isolated scales, but sometimes complete, articulated fossils—are known from early Cambrian and middle Cambrian fossil deposits across the globe. The living animal would have measured up to 5 centimetres (2 in) when fully grown, although a range of juvenile specimens are known, the smallest being 2 millimetres (0.08 in) long. Wiwaxia's affinity has
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description: Genus of Cambrian animals
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiwaxia
date created: 2004-09-29T15:57:47Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T22:27:15Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Wiwaxia_3G_crop.JPG","width":3718,"height":3184}
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